Hal65

Porn is illegal in Thailand. Has anyone ever seen a porn related conviction that involves personal amounts and no crazy other things (eg children etc)?

Asking because I cross into Laos and back 1 or 2 times a year with my laptop and am curious about the actual risks.

2 hours ago, pieeyed said:

I am sure everyone in the government has big dollar signs flashing in front of their eyes. In Canada no one who is not connected to the government cannot get a permit to grow pot.

That was 3 negatives but I think you said you need connections even in Canada. Doesn't bode well for market forces to keep prices down in Thailand if that's the case.

Can they snag your fingers? Used one for the first time the other day and it didn't look like the closing door was waiting for me to move my fingers.

Anyone understand their legislative process and how far out we are from final passage?

11 hours ago, Thailand J said:

 

so what their website shows is not what they'll honor?

Sending money back to US, if they gave you 30THB to US$1 it is 10% gain not 10% loss.

 

What you quote sounds more plausible. 30 thb to 1 USD was quoted in the app on the sending screens though

Did a test send from Thai account to USA account today. Easy to initiate through the Deemoney app.

Exchange rate given was a little over 30 THB to 1 USD. Checking google it is 33 to 1 so almost a 10% loss. 

Anyone know how much it costs to park there?

Also, does anyone feel it is not very safe or secure?

I am talking about the bus station close to the Nua Sukhumvit junction in case there are others

30 minutes ago, Mickmick said:

As an alternative, have you thought about a portable aircon unit ? Something like one of these : https://www.homepro.co.th/category/11258 (although they are out of stock at homepro at the moment ???? )

I really wanted to. Did my research on here and people say they don't work very well. (not just the ones that are "fans over water" but the legit portable ac units aren't good either)

My apartment has square windows perfect for a boxy window AC like seen in the US. In Thailand most units are long and thin and don't actually fit into a window. They tend to be mounted high and have special holes cut for their tubing.

Is there a way to use the Thai style window ACs with a square window, without any cuts? I don't know precisely how much exposure they need and hope that maybe running the tubing through the window would suffice.

If not that then is exposing about 70% of the unit to the window opening enough?

Really that common eh? 

I used to live in BKK (BTS OnNut and also Asoke) but didn't really look for them. Next time I'm there I'll look around

I read on the forum that Chinatown has a good amount of them. Any other areas where gold shops have a significant presence?

Is this generally allowed? If so what fee do they ask?

I am heading to Bangkok from Pattaya. But also curious about how it might work in other areas too

I was ready to twist their arm on sending me papers based on this thread. This is how it went:

"Hi this is Hal, I'm in Pattaya and would like to sign up?"

[they don't catch it the first time so I say it again]

    "Oh you in pattaya? Ok I send you papers to your email? What your email address please?"

Just signed/scanned/sent back the Deemoney papers also. Looking forward to see how they perform

Question for anyone who does this:

I have a BKK Bank account and have only ever transferred funds to it. But now I would like to do transfers the other way, back to the US. Anyone know if it can be done using their NY branch?

What other good fund transfer options do we have from Thailand to the US?

Checked out the pricing for gold bars and 3 shops that carried them (out of 7 total) quoted 400 baht extra. 

Was going to ask if this is normal but I guess the uniformity of pricing answers that. I suppose this is because the bars have less subjective value? Or is this one of those things that you're supposed to negotiate down?

Is there any direct way to do this, or is the only option to deposit my USA checks in an American bank and then do a wire or ACH transfer?

I went 5 days early (to Jomtien) and was in and out 20 minutes after getting my queue number, thanks for the tips guys

3 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

I doubt they'd give you a pass? It's your responsibility to renew within the correct timeframe. 

So if you're in line do they just say "Lol have fun paying the fine tomorrow CRIMINAL"?

3 hours ago, Cheops said:

1500 per month is a lot. I rent out rooms for 2000. How much space do you get for 1500? Seems quite a lot. Maybe I should divide our rooms into storage space ????

1,400 thb to be exact. 2 x 2.4 x 2.4 meters for a medium: http://www.ustoreitpattaya.com/unit-selector.html

45 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

If you have a Thai Bank Account, it's easy to top-up using Online/Mobile Banking and if you're on AIS, every top-up adds an extra month to the validity of your SIM up to a maximum of 12 months. 

 

If you don't have a Thai Bank Account or Online/Mobile Banking, I've used these guys https://mobiletopup.com/ a couple of times with no problems (Again, every top up added 1 month to my AIS valid to date).

Yes, I did the rounds and these were my findings too.

Bangkok Bank charges 50 thb per month after 1 year of no activity. Lady said doing a purchase on Lazada every 6 months should prevent the fee.

At $45 per month, $550 per year I'd need to be gone for 6 years. I plan to be gone for 1 to 3 years.

I'm thinking now, if i just store the weights then it'll cost 550 thb per month so about $15 per month, $180/year. I might be able to get the bicycle in there too. Those are the things I want to keep most. It's pushing it though.

15 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

I’m not sure on the storage costs, but I’d be thinking sell everything off and re-purchase when you come back. 

Depends I guess on how definite your plans are.

But as you stated a ‘few' years, and a lot can change in a couple of years, so I personally would err on the sell up everything for now, save on the storage stuff and re-start when you return.

The other option of course is to ship everything home. You might want to do the math on storage for several years versus a freight shipment via sea.

I’m assuming you are are a US citizen, so everything is imported into the US tax free as your personal property

 

Any Idea how much it costs to import about one room worth of stuff? That may be a better option

9 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

Putting it into storage. Sounds costly what kind of stuff don't you need to take that you need to keep?

 

Selling if off not a  option?

I have 40,000 baht worth of weight equipment, including something few others would want (a trap bar, and no straight bar).

So I either try to sell that, probably at a hefty loss, and rebuy again, or pay the 1,500 a month for 2 years, maybe 3 to store it. Storing it would then let me keep my bicycle, blender, air fryer, mattress topper, and a bunch of other lower value stuff too.